diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 10d3c53f10c9d..1e706286f7e2e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -799,11 +799,10 @@ class SparkContext(
     val cleanedFunc = clean(func)
     logInfo("Starting job: " + callSite)
     val start = System.nanoTime
-    val result = dagScheduler.runJob(rdd, cleanedFunc, partitions, callSite, allowLocal,
+    dagScheduler.runJob(rdd, cleanedFunc, partitions, callSite, allowLocal,
       resultHandler, localProperties.get)
     logInfo("Job finished: " + callSite + ", took " + (System.nanoTime - start) / 1e9 + " s")
     rdd.doCheckpoint()
-    result
   }
 
   /**